Podcast highlights for June : Benin, Tunisia and Israel
The recent podcast episodes involved one that was 11 months in the making, and another came together in a matter of days. Two of them...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 181 min read
Autumn colours along the Hobart Rivulet walk
As I write this, we are well and truly into winter, but I have been going through the many folders of photos I accumulated through the...
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Mark Thomson
Mar 192 min read
Celebrating 100 episodes of 177 Nations of Tasmania
Having reached 100 episodes/nationalities on the podcast, I thought it was a milestone worth celebrating and I invited participants to...
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Mark Thomson
Feb 72 min read
Podcast highlights - The Austrian Alps, Aged Care in Singapore and a childhood in PNG
It's been an interesting first month or so on the podcast in 2024, with three quite contrasting stories from Austria, Singapore and Papua...
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Mark Thomson
Aug 17, 20231 min read
Winter night photography
It has been an incredibly mild winter in Hobart in 2023, though I don't think anything will ever stop people complaining about "how cold...
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Mark Thomson
May 23, 20232 min read
Discovering some of the hidden laneways of inner city Hobart
On the surface of it, the CBD of Hobart can be a bit of an uninspiring zone, replete with drab, mediocre modern architecture and a few...
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Mark Thomson
Dec 27, 20222 min read
New drone - more drone photography
Almost two months ago now, at the height of spring, I purchased a new drone - the DJI Mini 3 Pro, which has been a considerable upgrade...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 19, 20222 min read
Sometimes you can get the best shots close to home...
One of the challenges of drone photography in Tasmania, which I've mentioned before, is the changeability of conditions, which can happen...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 16, 20222 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 60 - In between Hong Kong and Tasmanian culture
I thought it would be interesting to have Anthony on the podcast because of his rather unusual reason for coming to Tasmania and his...
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Mark Thomson
Apr 1, 20222 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 53 - Barber from Sierra Leone
If you look at the history of migration across the world, one of the common threads you see is how migrants bring both new skills and a...
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Mark Thomson
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Street photography in the rain - being in the moment and looking for new perspectives
I would say that street photography is probably my favourite type of photography both to look at and to do. For me it's almost a kind of...
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Mark Thomson
Nov 9, 20211 min read
Exposing Hobart's "glamorous" side at night
For the handful of people who have followed my photography blog or looked a bit at my photos on her, you'll probably have noticed a...
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Mark Thomson
Sep 24, 20211 min read
Finding serenity and the perfect drone flying area
I've moaned in other posts about all the impediments to flying a drone in the Hobart area. Not only the unpredictable weather with gusty...
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Mark Thomson
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Widening perspectives of Hobart and surrounds
I was just recently browsing through some of the panorama shots I've put together with my drone camera over the last 6 months and...
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Mark Thomson
Jul 25, 20212 min read
Winter fog and mist in the city - trying to find inspiration in the cold and wet
Recently we had a week of really pretty cold nights, though for me they were the kind of cold I like - still and clear and though the...
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Mark Thomson
Jul 16, 20213 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 36 - Journeys from Belgium
One of the challenges of a project like 177 Nations of Tasmania is that you can't really take a one-size-fits-all approach to the wide...
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Mark Thomson
Mar 9, 20213 min read
Trying to get creative with the drone while fighting the weather
As I've perhaps mentioned before, drone photography and videography can be very much determined by the weather conditions and light. Of...
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